The Case for Loving
Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3
Virginia Standards of Learning
3.6
4.6
5.6
Grade Level
Time Frame
45-60 minutes
Overarching Themes
Lesson Goals
1. Identify feelings and motivations of characters
2. Determine the fairness of Loving vs. Virginia law
Summary
The story explains the Loving vs. State of Virginia (1967) Supreme Court case which invalidated laws that said Blacks and Whites could not marry. The story focuses on the Loving family—their love story, their arrest, and the subsequent Supreme Court case.